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Foxconn reform may lead to more changes in China
Feb 20, 2012
Electronics manufacturer Foxconn is taking steps to improve worker salaries and conditions after increasing international pressure to do so.
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Foxconn agrees to raise worker wages
Feb 20, 2012
The Taiwan-based manufacturer will also cut down on excessive overtime. What will this mean for its purchasers -- like Apple -- and consumers?
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Apple tries to play the cool customer as it bows to public pressure
Feb 13, 2012
Assembly line workers get a little help
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Concerned consumers call for "ethical iPhones" (though if that's not possible, just "iPhones" will probably do)
Feb 9, 2012
Consumer groups plan to deliver petitions to Apple Stores around the globe, calling for Apple to "overhaul the way its suppliers treat their workers."
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Apple discloses suppliers... kinda
Jan 17, 2012
First time Apple releases this kind of support
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Chinese laborers take drastic measures for a raise
Jan 11, 2012
Workers at a Foxconn factory that makes iPhones all threatened to jump from the top of the building if they didn't get a raise. But these aren't the only workers protesting work conditions and pay in the country.
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Apple cuts iPad 2 production by 25%
Sep 26, 2011
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is reducing orders all along the Chinese supply chain for the iPad 2, which will also mean a significant...
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El Cinco machines fired up and pumping out units
Sep 8, 2011
(We call the imminent iPhone 5 "El Cinco" around these parts because it enhances the air of mystery surrounding the product). All Things D reports...
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